Word: short
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...thing is unusual, and faintly hopeful, about the latest Advocate: the editorials are the best part of it. They are brief, timely, pointed, sane, and well expressed. There is a letter from the former president, now at Yaphank, which is frank and entertaining. There is a short poem by Mr. Cowley, whose work always shows intelligence and distinction. There is some incontrovertible wisdom on the war by Mr. C. MacVeagh. And that is about all that one can find to praise...
Shipbuilders engaged in industry essential to the war's prosecution must learn that laying down their work to bleed the Government for their own selfish benefit is little short of treason. No punishment is too severe for such men. If they cannot freely put forth their best, they may be met by a stern curtailment of their liberty. This much is certain, the time for barter with unionism has long passed...
This is a very serious result. Von Tirpitz has sent to the bottom in one short year three times as many ships as have been put in commission by our own ship yards and those of England. The unfortunate disputes and delays in our shipping program have been partly responsible for this result, which has been so favorable for the U-boats...
There was no Freshman practice yesterday because of the soft condition of the ice. Instead, Coach Gross gave the squad a short talk in which he discusses the strength of the Eli seven and impressed upon the Freshmen the necessity of team-work...
...principal objections to the closing plan were, first, that a short closing would only make it possible to shut up the recitation halls, for the dormitories would all have to be heated for the benefit of students who could not go to their homes, and second, that the war work being done in the various colleges required the maintenance of the laboratories and certain libraries. It was pointed out that many fuel-saving plans are already in force in the various institutions...